Sam Lillo
@samlillo.bsky.social
Mostly weather, dataviz, and some homesteading projects in Boulder, CO
Closest fantasy football championship of all time?
By the smallest unit possible, I scraped together a second consecutive league win.
By the smallest unit possible, I scraped together a second consecutive league win.
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Closest fantasy football championship of all time?
By the smallest unit possible, I scraped together a second consecutive league win.
By the smallest unit possible, I scraped together a second consecutive league win.
This made me check my brain for a second this morning - Cool visual of the shadow from the cloud racing eastward as the sun rises
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This made me check my brain for a second this morning - Cool visual of the shadow from the cloud racing eastward as the sun rises
Just dumbfounded how so many blue collar Americans supported / continue to support this criminal
🚨 New: “Presidency Boosts Trump’s Net Worth By $3 Billion In A Year”
“Vaulted him 118 spots on The Forbes 400, where he lands at No. 201 this year.”
@danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
“Vaulted him 118 spots on The Forbes 400, where he lands at No. 201 this year.”
@danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Trump Jumps 118 Spots On The Forbes 400 List Thanks To Presidency
Donald Trump lost money during his first term. Out of office, he found a formula for profiting off politics—now he’s piling up billions.
www.forbes.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Just dumbfounded how so many blue collar Americans supported / continue to support this criminal
Bump. It’s never snowing again.
No snow in Denver until February. Calling it now.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Bump. It’s never snowing again.
No snow in Denver until February. Calling it now.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
No snow in Denver until February. Calling it now.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
My first winter in Colorado was 2019-2020, which was epic, and it’s been a downhill slide since then.
Really hoping there are enough Dickensian apparitions to go around tonight. A big chunk of the United States is in dire need of a good Yuletide haunting.
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Really hoping there are enough Dickensian apparitions to go around tonight. A big chunk of the United States is in dire need of a good Yuletide haunting.
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Unseasonable warmth is forecast across a large portion of the Lower 48 this week. High temps will soar to 30-40 degrees above normal, with some areas as much as 50 degrees above normal. Dozens of daily temp records could be broken.
How warm will it be where you live this week? Check weather.gov.
How warm will it be where you live this week? Check weather.gov.
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Unseasonable warmth is forecast across a large portion of the Lower 48 this week. High temps will soar to 30-40 degrees above normal, with some areas as much as 50 degrees above normal. Dozens of daily temp records could be broken.
How warm will it be where you live this week? Check weather.gov.
How warm will it be where you live this week? Check weather.gov.
Keep saying “it feels like summer” today. But really, it’s what I WISH summer was like (70s). Rather than the new normal of 100.
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Keep saying “it feels like summer” today. But really, it’s what I WISH summer was like (70s). Rather than the new normal of 100.
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A million degrees out there rn
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A million degrees out there rn
No longer just warm, it’s straight up hot here.
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No longer just warm, it’s straight up hot here.
Another day with the windows open after sunset. Super disturbing but also delightful. Continued spring weather this December in Colorado
December 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Another day with the windows open after sunset. Super disturbing but also delightful. Continued spring weather this December in Colorado
I’m 100% emotionally invested in this single GFS storm at day 10
December 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’m 100% emotionally invested in this single GFS storm at day 10
Correction: No precipitation for at least 60 days.
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Correction: No precipitation for at least 60 days.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yeah today will be when I quit the wordle
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yeah today will be when I quit the wordle
Rewatching The West Wing - sadly feels more and more like a fantasy every time I revisit this series.
But I’d like my son to know that version of US governing before he knows the current reality.
But I’d like my son to know that version of US governing before he knows the current reality.
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Rewatching The West Wing - sadly feels more and more like a fantasy every time I revisit this series.
But I’d like my son to know that version of US governing before he knows the current reality.
But I’d like my son to know that version of US governing before he knows the current reality.
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President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
Reposted by Sam Lillo
NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
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Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
1) I had blissfully forgotten about some of these people.
2) I mean, it’s great to have literally everyone on the same page. (That’s how you know it’s really bad…)
3) But this post is absolutely right — they are the reason we’re in this situation.
2) I mean, it’s great to have literally everyone on the same page. (That’s how you know it’s really bad…)
3) But this post is absolutely right — they are the reason we’re in this situation.
You guys all voted for this, admit it, and own it. All of you spend your careers spreading climate disinformation on Twitter. This is on you because you are the ones who have been constantly peddling the false narratives that brought us here in the first place.
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
1) I had blissfully forgotten about some of these people.
2) I mean, it’s great to have literally everyone on the same page. (That’s how you know it’s really bad…)
3) But this post is absolutely right — they are the reason we’re in this situation.
2) I mean, it’s great to have literally everyone on the same page. (That’s how you know it’s really bad…)
3) But this post is absolutely right — they are the reason we’re in this situation.
I’ll take any drops of rain at all in advance of Friday’s HRRRpocalypse
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’ll take any drops of rain at all in advance of Friday’s HRRRpocalypse
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One of the important differences on the Front Range between December 2021 and today is the dryness that allowed for the Marshall Fire to take off. 30-day SPEI was extreme in 2021, while snow 2 weeks ago left fuels in a less receptive state. PSPS and lessons learned in 2021 likely helping out too.
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One of the important differences on the Front Range between December 2021 and today is the dryness that allowed for the Marshall Fire to take off. 30-day SPEI was extreme in 2021, while snow 2 weeks ago left fuels in a less receptive state. PSPS and lessons learned in 2021 likely helping out too.
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Peak gusts so far:
NCAR Mesa: ~104 MPH
Coal Creek Canyon & Hwy 93: 97 MPH
Boulder Airport: 87 MPH
NRL Flatirons: 87 MPH
NCAR Foothills: 68 MPH
DIA: 37 MPH
NCAR Mesa: ~104 MPH
Coal Creek Canyon & Hwy 93: 97 MPH
Boulder Airport: 87 MPH
NRL Flatirons: 87 MPH
NCAR Foothills: 68 MPH
DIA: 37 MPH
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Peak gusts so far:
NCAR Mesa: ~104 MPH
Coal Creek Canyon & Hwy 93: 97 MPH
Boulder Airport: 87 MPH
NRL Flatirons: 87 MPH
NCAR Foothills: 68 MPH
DIA: 37 MPH
NCAR Mesa: ~104 MPH
Coal Creek Canyon & Hwy 93: 97 MPH
Boulder Airport: 87 MPH
NRL Flatirons: 87 MPH
NCAR Foothills: 68 MPH
DIA: 37 MPH
Still completely calm at my house in central Arvada.
The gradient is insane.
The gradient is insane.
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Still completely calm at my house in central Arvada.
The gradient is insane.
The gradient is insane.
Mountain wind storms are wild — been gusting between 84 to 97 mph for the last hour at a station 6 miles west of me.
Dead calm at my house.
Dead calm at my house.
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Mountain wind storms are wild — been gusting between 84 to 97 mph for the last hour at a station 6 miles west of me.
Dead calm at my house.
Dead calm at my house.